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Bridesmaids Dress Shopping Downtown!

I need to get my bridesmaids their dresses picked out.  I am looking for Navy/Dark blue dresses, but more like cocktail dresses and I want them each to pick out one they love (ie no David's Bridal) I was wondering if any one had any suggestions on botiques or even department stores that have a large selection.  I was going to go to the Akira in Lincoln Park (super close to my apartment) but if they don't find anything there I will be at a loss of where to take them next! 

Any help would be REALLY appreciated! 
Thanks! 

Re: Bridesmaids Dress Shopping Downtown!

  • Go to bella Bella Bridesmaid on State and Delaware. It is great. It has a tonof different brands of BM dresses. It is where I got my Lula Kate dresses.
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  • My BM's got Lula Kate dresses at Bella too! Also, I think JCrew has a great selection of dresses, and they come in mutiple styles of various colors so not every BM has to get the same one. The 900 N. Michigan shop has a wedding consultant that you can make an appt. with.
  • NBADancerNBADancer member
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    edited April 2012
    I actually had a terrible experience at Bella and I do not recommend it.  It might have just been my particular consulstant.  I had a phone conversation with Bella two times prior to my appointment and told them exactly what we were looking for.  When we arrived, I explained to the consultant what we wanted (apparently whoever I spoke with on the phone did not pass the information along to her, so I felt like I wasted my time), and then they actually didn't have most of what we wanted.  I settled on a particular color and fabric, but they would not let me take a swatch.  There were other little things that bothered me (at the end of the appointment we waited for quite a while b/c they couldn't find our coats which we had given them at the beginning of the appointment, the consultant was weird and condescending).  

    Nordstrom actually has a pretty nice selection of Monique Lhuillier bridesmaid dresses, and if I had to do it over again, I would take my girls there!
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